The teams are marching out to the field. Seattle is in rave green shirts and socks with blue shorts. RSL is in red shirts, shorts and socks.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:00:46 PM

Seattle will take the opening kick, attacking the Brougham End.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:06:56 PM

And we are under way from CenturyLink Field.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:07:14 PM

2: Mike Fucito finds Fredy Montero in the box and he plays the ball back out to the left side where Tyson Wahl sends a cross in, but it sails over the crossbar for a goal kick.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:09:40 PM

3: RSL is scolded by the referee already for their persistent fouling of Mauro Rosales and timewasting.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:11:23 PM

5: Great play by Seattle as James Riley plays the ball off the seat of his pants to find Mauro Rosales. Rosales plays a 1-2 with Alvaro Fernandez, then finds Mike Fucito in the box, but his touch rolls to Nick Rimando for the stop. Good connecting play by Seattle.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:12:54 PM

6: Jhon Kennedy Hurtado is whistled for a foul in a dangerous area, but Kyle Beckerman misses high on the free kick.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:13:21 PM

7: A lot of excitement here at CenturyLink. Mauro Rosales gets away up the right side and sends a ball to the far post that RSL has to play away for a corner kick. Off the corner, Osvaldo Alonso gets a shot from distance, but Nick Rimando picks it off.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:14:32 PM

The crowd is waving mini American flags and chanting USA. Very cool moment.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:17:22 PM

12: Will Johnson does well to get the ball from Mauro Rosales in a double team, but then plays a long ball for Fabian Espindola, who stopped just beyond midfield while the ballskipped into the box.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:19:14 PM

The goal is credited as an own goal.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:22:22 PM

12: RSL Goal. Fabian Espindola plays a ball into the box that that deflects off Kasey Keller into the net. Salt Lake 1, Seattle 0.

30: Erik Friberg is taken out from behind by Fabian Espindola. After the ball is played out by Seattle, the referee runs to Friberg, then to Espindola, but no punishment is levied.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:38:27 PM

31: Servando Carrasco subs on for the injured Erik Friberg.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:38:46 PM

33: Alvaro Fernandez darts past Robbie Russell up the left side, but knocks the ball away for a goal kick.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:40:20 PM

Erik Friberg suffered a right hip injury.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:41:44 PM

35: Another hard foul by Tony Beltran knocks Mauro Rosales out against the sideline. Beltran is shown his second yellow card, resulting in a red card ejection.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:42:49 PM

38: Servando Carrasco is shown a yellow card after a collision at midfeild with Will Johnson.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:45:03 PM

39: Jhon Kennedy Hurtado is shown a straight red card when the referee rules that that he elbowed Alvaro Saborio in the face. Saborio takes a pretty clear dive on the play and is beind admonished by the Sounders players on the field.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 8:47:08 PM

42: Fabian Espindola spirals to the ground and takes a dive, drawing the ire of James Riley.

47: Mike Fucito backs into Jamison Olave, who apparently twists his knee on the play, but Fucito is called for a phantom foul on the play as Olave went down like a ton of bricks on contact from the 5-9, 165 pound Fucito.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 9:14:17 PM

48: Fabian Espindola gets into the box, but his shot goes wide of the near post for a goal kick.

by Matt Gaschk9/10/2011 9:14:42 PM

49: Nick Rimando gets his glove to a Mauro Rosales cross to knock it away from Alvaro Fernandez.